… Lockdowns to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domestic violence reports. In two new studies, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) assesses … to surges in violence against women globally, no EU Member State had a disaster plan in place to deal with this. …
… Covid-19 lockdowns have been a sad reminder that, across the world, women frequently face the most danger from people … when it comes to intimate partner violence, each EU Member State collects data in a different way. To help Member … for the majority of Member States, and only one Member State has been able to provide data fully aligned with EIGE’s …
… Trafficking for sexual exploitation is the most commonly reported form of human trafficking in the European Union. It is a form of gender-based violence … victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation in the EU are women or girls. Trafficking in women and girls …
… to address trafficking in human beings. In line with the Lisbon Treaty; our respective mandates of contributing to the implementation of EU policies and supporting cooperation; Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on …
… Together, we the Heads of EU agencies and Joint undertakings commit to … ourselves to communicate to our staff that harassment in the workplace is never acceptable. We have committed … in accordance with existing laws and particularly the staff regulation, to promote diversity at work and …
… Together, we the Heads of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies commit … towards sexual harassment and gender-based violence in the workplace. We cannot and will not accept harassment of … ourselves to communicate to our staff that harassment in the workplace is never acceptable. Equality is one of the …
… Violence against women is a much bigger problem than the statistics show. Almost one in two women (47%) who have … violence have never told anyone, whether that be the police, health services, a friend, neighbour or … score for violence against women in the EU and each Member State. The EU’s score is 27.5 out of 100 (the higher the …
… The signing of the Istanbul Convention by Commissioner Věra Jourová on 13 … June 2017 was an extremely important step in establishing the first legally binding instrument dedicated to combating … ( Istanbul Convention ) calls for regular monitoring of State efforts, policy initiatives and the design of more …
… Violence against women is happening in all corners of the EU but we still do not know its full extent. More … EIGE’s new project on improving administrative data takes the Institute’s previous work on the topic one step further. It aims to improve the …
… Today EIGE’s host city of Vilnius joins the global campaign to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by lighting up the …
… reduce violence against women, first we need to understand the scope of the phenomenon, and for that we need quality data. Reliable and comparable statistics help us to assess the effectiveness of policy measures and services in place, …
… Download the press release in .pdf format: es , de , el , en , fr , it , lt , pl New report: In connection to The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against … only 12 out of the 27 EU Member States legally foresee state funding of specialised services for women victims of …
… , PT , RO , SK , SL , FI , SV Subject: In connection with the launch of the EU-wide research on Administrative Data Sources on … violence (GBV), calling on policy makers to assure the collection of harmonised and comparable data on GBV in …
… in collecting data concerning violence against women, but the data collected are not always sex-disaggregated and … for use by EU legislative bodies. This is one of the main conclusions of a study by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) „ …